Gorenstein duality for real spectra (Q2409984)

The paper studies Gorenstein duality in \(C_2\)-equivariant homotopy theory, a theory that has previously been studied in more detail in the non-equivariant setting [\textit{W. G. Dwyer} et al., Adv. Math. 200, No. 2, 357--402 (2006; Zbl 1155.55302)]. Starting with a connective commutative \(C_2\)-ring spectrum \(R\) whose zeroth homotopy Mackey functor is \(\underline{\mathbb Z}\), the authors define \(R\) to be Gorenstein of shift \(a \in RO(C_2)\) (the representation ring of \(C_2\)) if there is an equivalence of \(R\)-modules \[ \mathrm{Hom}_R(H\underline{\mathbb Z},R) \simeq \Sigma^a H\underline{\mathbb Z}. \] This contrasts with the non-equivariant setting where the shift is only allowed to be an integer. The condition that \(R\) is Gorenstein can, in some cases, be lifted to a statement that \(R\) has Gorenstein duality, which leads to interesting conclusions about the \(RO(C_2)\)-graded homotopy groups of \(R\). The main \(C_2\)-equivariant spectra under consideration are \(BP\mathbb R\langle n \rangle\) and \(E\mathbb R(n)\), the real spectra corresponding to truncated Brown-Peterson theory and Johnson-Wilson \(E\)-theory. It is shown that the connective spectrum \(BP\mathbb R\langle n \rangle\) is Gorenstein, and satisfies Gorenstein duality, and that \(E\mathbb R\langle n \rangle\) satisfies Gorenstein duality. In all cases, the \(RO(C_2)\)-graded shifts are identified explicitly. In the case \(n = 1\) and \(n = 2\) the authors explicitly calculate the local cohomology spectral sequence, and show the implications for the homotopy ring \(\pi_*^{C_2}(BP\mathbb R\langle n \rangle)\). This paper also contains a wealth of other interesting information for the reader interested in \(C_2\)-equivariant homotopy theory, for example a proof that \(BP\mathbb R\langle n \rangle \) and \(E\mathbb R(n)\) are strongly even in the sense of [\textit{M. Hill} and \textit{L. Meier}, Algebr. Geom. Topol. 17, No. 4, 1953--2011 (2017; Zbl 1421.55002)].